The Director shall have rulemaking authority to administer the fund. This authority
includes the ability to have the fund administered by a public or private organization
having experience administering or capable of administering similar tenant assistance
programs. If by rule the Director determines that payments shall be made directly
to a landlord, the landlord shall sign an agreement with the Director prior to payment
stating that the landlord will not report the tenant's delinquent rent payment to
credit reporting agencies.
4.
The availability of funds is subject to the existence of budget appropriations for
that purpose. A request for funding shall be denied if insufficient funds are available.
The City is not civilly or criminally liable for failure to provide funding and no
penalty or cause of action may be brought against the City resulting from the provision
or lack of provision of funds.
5.
When a landlord issues a notice to terminate tenancy due to nonpayment of rent, the
notice must contain information to the tenant about how to access the tenant mitigation
fund. The landlord is not required to provide this information if insufficient funds
have been appropriated by the City Council to provide the funds for mitigation. The
information for the notice shall be adopted by the Seattle Department of Construction
and Inspections by rule.
([Renumbered from 22.206.160.C.8]; Ord. 126041, § 1, 2020.)